The Water Cycle

What are the three stages of the Water Cycle?

• condensation, water vapor, transpiration

• sleet, snow, water vapor

• condensation, perception and evaporation

• solar radiation, transpiration, aquifers

70% of the Earth is covered in water.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Water on Earth can be a solid, liquid or gas.

• False

• True

Life on Earth could exist without the Water Cycle.

• True

• False

An example of solar radiation is placing a bowl of water outside on a hot day.

• False

• True

Clouds form as cooler air temperatures cause water vapor to form into droplets. This is called.....

• surface runoff

• water vapor

• condensation

• percipitation

Weather is the day to day experience of the water cycle caused by the Sun's energy.

• FALSE

• TRUE

Another word for the Sun's energy is....

• transpiration

• precipitation

• solar radiation

• water vapor

Evapotranspiration is water evaporates from soil and transpires from plants.

• True

• False

Rain and snow that falls into rivers and streams becomes part of _______.